Curtiss Lyman
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics
(office) 284A Engineering Terrace
(mail) 200 S.W. Mudd
Mail Code: 4701
New York, NY 10027
Research Interests
Partial differential equations arising from mathematical physics, using techniques from representation theory, complex analysis and spectral theory.Curtiss Lyman received a B.Sc. in Psychology from Tulane University in 2012, a M.S. in Mathematics from Western Washington University in 2017, and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Washington in 2025, working under the supervision of Alexis Drouot. Between these degrees, Lyman also worked in workforce development for the Seattle Colleges and as a data science consultant for the online dating site Coffee Meets Bagel. Lyman is now a Ju Tang Chu and Wui Ping Chu Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University.
Other interests: board games, sailing, and his chocolate lab Zelda.
Research Experience
Mathematics of Topological Insulators Research Group, University of Washington, 2023-2024
Professional Experience
Instructor, University of Washington and Western Washington University, 2016-2025
Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, 2017-2022
Data Science Consultant, Coffee Meets Bagel, 2019
Manager of District Workforce Initiatives, Seattle Colleges, 2014-2015
Professional Affiliations:
Member of the American Mathematical Society
Member of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Honors & Awards
Steve Mitchell Graduate Fellowship for the Love of Math, University of Washington 2024
Walter J. Michaelis Graduate Fellowship in Mathematics, University of Washington 2024
Publications
Band Spectrum Singularities for Schrödinger Operators (Alexis Drouot, Curtiss Lyman, 2024). [Preprint]. https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02092